That Darn Cat...Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

Good morning everyone! I just couldn't let a good Coffee Lover's Blog Hop pass without entering at least one card, so I'm here today with my first entry.

Now here's the thing; the theme is spring, but right now in the Northeast we just got hammered with yet another snow storm. Yeah, not very spring-like outside...and when it is spring, you get mud. So instead of flowers and butterflies, this one is more reminisce of going stir-crazy waiting for spring to come!

If you've been here before, you've heard I have cats. When Newton's Nook came out with their new Naughty Newton stamp set, one cat in particular came to mind:

I'm shocked he's not sleeping in the clean laundry...

Meet Jasper. Jasper is...well, overall a good cat. Other times, however, Jasper is a bit of a jerk. Anyone who's been to my house learned fast never to leave any beverages unattended when Jasper is around. The little furball has broken two of my coffee mugs over the years and wasted countless amounts of caffeine.

Looks just like him...I clipped out the flower pot Newton there knocked over and replaced it with the coffee mug from the Verve Holiday Treats stamp set that I won during the last hop.

I colored in Jasper with my Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut him out and added in the coffee cup. I then figured out where I wanted him on the watercolor paper and grabbed my Distress Inks and water brush to paint in that poor, wasted cup of coffee.

While it dried I used the Mama Elephant frames to die cut the deep chocolate (or is that coffee?) brown cardstock and add it to the kraft base card I created. I die cut the watercolor paper to fit on top, then stamped the little sayings in black Versafine ink. The word bubble is a set I won from My Favorite Things and the patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye. I heat embossed the 'bad kitty!' in Ranger super fine black powder and then broke out the foam tape to add it and Jasper to the card. A little Ranger black enamel for his name tag and the front was done!

And for a change, I stamped the inside, too:

I love how it turned out, and may need to frame it as a warning to others...LOL

Also linking up to:
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Virginia's View Challenge 13 - Embossing

Thanks for stopping by, and happy crafting!

Arguments and Watercolors

Good morning everyone! I'm blogging about this fun card over at So Suzy Stamps today:

Hop on over to see the full card and how I created it!

The design team is having a friendly competition this month, and you guys benefit from it! Use code Jen10 at checkout to receive 10% off your So Suzy Stamps purchase. Oh, and if you scored the 20% off for life deal, it STACKS. To me, that says time to shop! If you absolutely need that fabulous sentiment (or know someone who does), it's called Argument and can be found here. 

Supplies:

So Suzy Stamps - Argument

Distress Inks in Shaded Lilac and Spun Sugar

VersaMark ink

Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder

Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 1 dies

Kraft cardstock

Patterned paper (My Mind's Eye)

Water

Sheer ribbon

Hole punch

Don't forget that So Suzy Stamps can be found on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter. Be sure to join us there for sneak peeks, silliness, snarkiness and fun!

Also linking up to:

Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Virginia's View Challenge 13 - Embossing

Happy Crafting!

Bring on the Sunshine

Please note - this is my second post today. To check out my post for So Suzy Stamps, keep scrolling or click here.

Morning everyone! It's March 1st and that means time for a new challenge over at a2z Scrapbooking. This month we're all about Coloring.

It has been such a cold winter here, I am beyond ready for spring! Thankfully, a little sunshine does help:

There we go, better already!

I grabbed one of the new stencils from the spring release and taped it down to some Neenah Solar White cardstock. See all the different colors? That was me mixing embossing paste with Soft Vanilla, Butter Bar, and Orange Soda shadow inks before applying it through the stencil. While I let that dry, I created a card base from some Pool layering paper and inked up my Hero Arts 'A Little' stamp set and stamped it onto another piece of Neenah Solar White. Then I broke out my Spectrum Noir markers and started coloring.

When I was done I fussy-cut it out and added a trio of rhinestones for some sparkle. I adhered the floral background to the card base, then popped on the sentiment with some foam tape. All done and cheery!

Supplies Used:
Hero Art Shadow Inks - Soft Vanilla, Butter Bar, Orange Soda
Hero Arts BasicGrey Floral Vines stencil
Embossing Paste
Hero Arts A Little... stamp set
Pool Layering paper
Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock
Spectrum Noir markers
Rhinestones
Foam Tape

I hope you'll join us in coloring the month away. Remember to use coupon code Jennifer15 for 15% off your purchase of $25 or more in the store...there are still some great new spring goodies in there!

Also linking up to:
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Virginia's View Challenge 13 - Embossing

Happy crafting!

Watercolor Butterfly

Good morning everyone; it's the first day of March, which means it's release day over at So Suzy Stamps! It's also time to announce the next challenge; Watercolors

I absolutely adore the new fancy butterfly this month, so I paired it with one of my favorite sentiments:

I heat embossed the butterfly & sentiment on watercolor paper (the bumpy side to keep the texture) with white embossing powder. Then I smooshed some Distress Inks onto my craft mat - I chose the new Cracked Pistachio, Mustard Seed, and Picked Raspberry. Using a water brush, I simply painted over the embossing to make it pop.

When that was dry, I used a smaller brush to add splatters of the same colors. I mounted my watercolor paper to a white card base, added a few sparkling clear sequins and this card was done.

Supplies used:
So Suzy Stamps You are my forever and ever, Fancy Butterfly
Distress Inks in Cracked Pistachio, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed
Ranger Watercolor paper
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins in 4mm & 6 mm
Foam Tape
Neenah Solar White cardstock
Ranger Water brushes

I hope you'll break out your watercolors and join us this month.

Also linking up to:
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Virginia's View Challenge 13 - Embossing

Happy Crafting!